Instrument Host Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:context:instrument_host:spacecraft.orex::1.3
NAME OSIRIS-REx
TYPE Spacecraft
DESCRIPTION The spacecraft is a roughly cubic shape, 2.72 meters high and 3.1 meters wide with two solar panel wings extending from opposite sides with an active collecting area of 8.5 square meters. Launch mass including propellant is 1529 kg. Power from the solar arrays is stored in lithium-ion batteries. Propulsion uses 200 N hydrazine thrusters mounted at the base of the spacecraft. Primary communication is via a 2 meter high gain directional dish antenna.
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REFERENCES E.B. Bierhaus, B.C. Clark, J.W. Harris, K.S. Payne, R.D. Dubisher, D.W. Wurts, R.A. Hund, R.M. Kuhns, T.M. Linn, J.L. Wood, A.J. May, J.P. Dworkin, E. Beshore, D.S. Lauretta and the OSIRIS-REx Team, The OSIRIS-REx Touch-and-Go Sample Acquisition Mechanism (TAGSAM) and Flight System, Space Science Reviews, submitted, 2018.

Skeen, Michael, May, Alexander, Olds, Ryan, Linn, Timothy. Methodology for the In-Flight Estimation of Collected Regolith Sample Mass on the OSIRIS-REx Mission. 38th Annual American Astronomical Society Guidance, Navigation and Control Conference, Breckenridge, Colorado, 2015.